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Agenda for Children
(Separate Website)
Agenda for Children works to make government work better for Louisiana’s children, keeping track of laws, policies, and decisions that affect children. This involves child protection, welfare, child care, health insurance and Medicaid, child support, education, juvenile justice, housing, and other public services. Agenda for Children also offers training, resource and referral services, information and technical assistance to individuals, families, organizations, service providers and the media.
Covenant House for Homeless and At-Risk Youth
(Separate Website)
Find out here how Covenant House New Orleans helps homeless and at-risk youth, and how you can get help. Shelter, counseling, job training, childcare help and more.
By: Covenant House New Orleans
Financial Help for Adoptions & Foster Care
(Separate Website)
Financial assistance available in Louisiana.
By: North American Council on Adoptable Children
Find free or low cost health and dental care
(Separate Website)
Learn more about finding low-cost dental care. You can click on the link or click to see the fact sheet. This information comes from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, affiliated with the National Institutes of Health.
By: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
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Gingerbread House Not-for-profit program that gives counseling for sexually-abused children. Appointments made only on referral from law enforcement or child protection agencies.
Juvenile Justice and Education
(Separate Website)
Look here to find out more about students facing school discipline, and how to keep them from getting lost in the legal system.
Louisiana Children's Trust Fund
(Separate Website)
The Louisiana Children’s Trust Fund is funded by state, federal and other money, and serves as a catalyst for child abuse and neglect prevention efforts in Louisiana. Among its responsibilities are the creation of the plan for prevention of child abuse, presentation of its annual review to the Governor and Legislature, and the funding of community-based child abuse and neglect programs to public and non-profit organizations through its grant process.
By: LCTF.ORG
National Center for Law & Economic Justice
(Separate Website)
The National Center for Law and Economic Justice advances the cause of economic justice for low-income families, individuals and communities across the country.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
(Separate Website)
NCMEC provides services nationwide for families and professionals in the prevention of abducted, endangered, and sexually exploited children.
National Runaway Switchboard
(Separate Website)
Resource for runaways, youth at-risk, families and parents, educators and social service professionals.
Social Services -- Claiborne Parish
(Separate Website)
Directory of social services available in Claiborne Parish
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